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50 Cards in this Set
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Causes of the Great Depression
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-stock market crash
-buying on margin |
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The Rosenbergs
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-sentenced t death on electric chair for supposedly committing espionage
-thought they were relaying info to communists -Second Red Scare |
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Social effects of Great Depression
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enter in later
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Mao Zedong
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-leader of communists in China
-took over China -linked to Soviet Union (both communistic countries) |
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Causes of Dust Bowl
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-drought
-low farm prices -overproduction of land -high winds -Great Depression |
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Original goal of US in Korean War
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-stop North Koreans from spreading communism to South Koreans
-get North Koreans up and past the 38th parallel |
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Social Security Act
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-part of New Deal
-Hundred Days |
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Truman MacArthur contraversy
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-MacArthur argued with Truman during Korean War
-MacArthur fired for disobeying Commander in Chief -MacArthur wanted to try to go past 38th parallel again |
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FDR's Court Packing Scheme
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-proposed to expand size of Supreme court from 9 to 15
-alienated many Americans, brought new conservative opposition -wanted to add six new judges and fifty new federal judges -backfired |
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The Fair Deal
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-Truman's New Deal
-rase min. wage, social security -provide for public housing |
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Operation Overlord
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-Overlord= codename for entire campaign accross Northern France
-Included D-Day Invasions |
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Yalta Conference
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-meeting of FDR/Churchill/Stalin
-US wanted Soviet Union to help in Japan -postwar conference -tried to answer question of what will happen after the war? |
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Korematsu v. United States
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-court case about Executive Order 9066
-1944 -was it right to contain Japanese Americans? |
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Iron Curtain
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-Eastern Europe falling under "Iron Curtain" of SU/Communism
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Manhattan Project
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-the effort, using codename Manhattan Engineer District
-development of the atomic bomb -under management of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII |
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Long Telegram
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-telegram from George Kennan
-200+ suspected communist conspirators |
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Office of Price Administration
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-price controls
-rationing -tires, sugar, coffee, etc. -ration cards -tried to prevent inflation |
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Truman Doctrine
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-keep Mediterranean free from communism
-critics say it polarized world into two camps -communism v. non-communism |
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War production during WWII
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-convert to defense production 1940-41
-mass production techniques -convert industry from peacetime to wartime -auto factories now created tanks or planes |
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Berlin blockade and airlift
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-Berlin was a rubble heap
-divided into 4 sections -Soviets choked off supplies to West Berlin -Allies dropped supplies |
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American support for WWII
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-war changed lives
-millions joined military -people conserved |
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Fall of China
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-Chinese communists took over in China
-Chinese communists led by Mao Zedong |
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Factors leading to Second Red Scare
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-Soviets test atomic bomb 3 years earlier than expected
-Chinese fall under communsm, Iron Curtain -suspicions of communist spies from Stalin and Mao |
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Potsdam Conference
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-held near Berlin
-stern ultimatum to Japan -surrender or be destroyed -no response upcoming |
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Korean War events
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-"forgotten war"
-went up past goal of 38th parallel because of MacArthur -"trap" of Chinese army waiting for them up north -ended up being a stalemate war |
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Events leading up to Hiroshima
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-Japan refused to surrender
-military-base city -August 6, 1945- Enola Gay dropped bomb |
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Joseph McCarthy
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-senator from Wisconsin
-developed "McCarthyism"- anti-communist -extremely anti-communist -threw many accusations |
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War without mercy
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-Japanese mindset during WWII
-Japanese saw US soldiers as mongrels and demons -Japanese soldiers were viewed as vermin |
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Jackie Robinson
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-cracked racial barrier in baseball
-played for the Brooklyn Dodgers -powerful symbol of racial change -1947 |
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Baby Boom
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-a lot of babies
-Americans were happy -excited to start a family -1946-52 |
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D-Day
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-June 6, 1944
-Normandy chose as spot -Omaha Beach had highest casualties -led by General Omar Bradley -Pasdecales- Hitler thought were going to land there |
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Battle of Britain
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-Germans kept bombing London, trying to cripple last power in Europe
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CIA
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HUH? ASK MR. ALLEN!
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National Security Council
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no idea
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United Nations
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-5 member security council
-France, GB, SU, US, China -veto power -located in New York City |
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WWII begins in Europe
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-Germany begins to take over insignificant, smaller countries in Europe, to begin its campaign for world domination
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Marshall Plan
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-France, Italy, and Germany chaotic
-in grave danger of take-over -fall of Czech. led to passage -success! -committing the US to help in the rebuilding of post-WWII Europe |
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Stalingrad
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-1942 (started in September)
-November Soviety launched counteroffensive -gave lift to Allied cause -by 1943, Stalin regained 2/3 of taken land -pleaded for another front -huge losses- close to 20 million at end of war -turning point in the East |
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Containment
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-US needed to contain communism, according to George Kennan
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"Soft underbelly of Europe"
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-Italy
-captured Mussolini in this campaign |
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Election of 1948
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-Truman (D)
-Dewey (R) -Wallace (P) -Thurmond (Dixie) -Truman won |
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Operation Torch
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-North Africa
-codename |
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Truman and Civil Rights
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-Civil Rights Commission
-ended segregation in Federal Civil Service -integration of armed forces -Korean War needed manpower |
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Battle of the Bulge
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-By December 1944, Germany falling
-Soviets from East, Allies from West -Hitelr launched last attack -pushed Allies back |
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GI Bill of Civil Rights
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-unemployment benefits for veterans
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Battle of the Atlantic
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-Hitler had a strong fleet
-U-boats known as "Wolf Packs" -"Enigma" Codes -By 1943, Allies had upperhand -convoy system -radar, air patrol |
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Taft-Hartley Act
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-"slave labor law"
-outlowed "close shop" -passed after waves of strikes -Republican Bill, Truman vetoed, veto overrode |
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El Alamein
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-Turning point in North Africa
-Germans under control of Erwin Rommel -close to Suez Canal -British under General Bernard Montgomery -stopped German offensive |
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VE Day
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-May 8, 1945
-Nazi Germany surrenders -Victory in Europe Day |
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MAPS OF EUROPE DURING WWII
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STUDY!
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